Patents by Inventor William J. Tjerrild

William J. Tjerrild has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 4313374
    Abstract: A machine for hulling nuts having a rotationally driven horizontal disc provided with an upwardly disposed abrasive surface; a cylindrical casing coaxially related to the disc, closely spaced from its periphery, and provided with a discharge opening; a cover closing the casing above the disc and provided with a supply opening adjacent to the discharge opening; and a plurality of blades spaced around the disc and extending generally radially across it to guide nuts deposited in an unhulled condition on the disc through the supply opening in a path around the disc and alternately centrally and peripherally of the disc toward the discharge opening, the hulls being abraded from the kernals as the nuts traverse the path and being urged centrifugally from the disc to fall between it and the casing while the separated kernels exit through the discharge opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 1980
    Date of Patent: February 2, 1982
    Assignee: Tenneco West, Inc.
    Inventor: William J. Tjerrild